Needle receptacle



634,703 July 5,1927. I J. WOLFF NEEDLE RECEPTACLE Filed Sept. 18, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATroRNEY Patented July 5, 1927.

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JOSEPH WOLFF, OF BROOKLYN7 NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SONORA IPHONOGRAPH COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

NEEDLE RECEPTACLE.

Application led September 18, 1923. Serial No. 663,396.

This invention relates to needle receptacles for use with phonographs, to means for retaining said receptacles in position, and means for protecting the contents of the receptacles.

One form of my invention is particularly adaptable to contain or hold the used needles. Heretofore these receptacles were usually in the form of cups having a flange at their upper edge so that the cups may be countersunk either in the motor-board or in the block fixed to said board, the flange serving in each case to support said cup. Another type of retainer is in the form of a cup without a. flange, which is set iny a block or recessed in a socket in the n'iotor-board. These cups are further usually covered by a suitable cover fitting over the upper open end of the holder, said cover having an opening in its centre to permit the used'needles to be passed therethrough into the cup or holder. When the cup is full, the needles must be discharged from said cup in some suitable manner. This is usually done either by removing the cover and then drawing out the needlesby the fingers, or else taking out the entire cup and cover and discharging the needles after removing the cover. In the first case, that is, where the cover is removed and the needles drawn out by means of the lingers, difficulty is found in removing the cover and there is danger of injury by sticking the finger when the operator attempts to take the needles out of the cups. In the second case, that is, where the entire cup is drawn out, difficulty is experienced in detaching the cup from its socket which it usually fits closely, because the only grip that can be obtained on the cup is that of the finger nails entering between the flange and the top of the surface with which it is in close engagement. When the cup is not provided with a flange it is very difficult, in some instances impossible, to remove the cup from the socket. The present invention overcomes the disadvantages hereinbefore specified and others, and provides in a simple, efficient and economical manner, means which will facilitate the ready removal of the cup and the needles. vFor this purpose I provide a .suitable projection which can be easily grasped by the operator to permit removal of the cup from its container and which will in no way interfere with the depositing of the used needles in the cup during ordinary use, and I also provide a simple, efficient and positiveV means for discharging or removing the used needles through the bottom of the receptacle by making said bottom movable.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision of means to permit of ready disy having a movable bottom which is adapted to be held in a plurality of positions, in one of which it will permit of the discharge of the needles in said container.

Another object of my invention is to prof vide means for vretaining the used needle receptacle in position in the container, so that the used needles will not be accidentally scattered or thrown out upon the. phonograph or into the mechanism therefor.

A further object of my invention is the construction of a container having a plurality of compartments ory perforations substantially identical in character, and a closure pivoted about a common point so that the closure will act in common for all of the compartments.

A further object of my invention is the construction of a container having a plurality of compartments provided with openings substantially identical in character and a plurality of vclosures therefor supported to pivot about a common point.

v A further Object of my invention is the construction of a receptacle having dischargingl means and supporting means adapted and arranged lto prevent the operation of the discharging means while the receptacle is in position in the support.

lt is further object ot my invention to 'provide means, as herein described, which shall in no manner detract from, but on the contrary, enhance, the appearance of these needle containing receptacles, which shall ie inexpensive and easily applied to ordinary cups, and which are of a simple construction.

@ther objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and correlation of instrumentalit-ies herein fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplitying the present inventive conceptJ suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details ot this disclosure, and the lat-- ter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive, standpoint.

rllhe inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, some ot which, for the purpose ot illustration, are shown` in the accompanying drawings.

Vllhe invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, illustrating several embodiments of the invention, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then more specifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

ln the drawings- Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a needle cup container embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view talren substantially through the centre of the device with the bottom shown in normal or closed position. y

Fig. 3 is a. sectional view showing the device with the bottom depressed.

Fig. a is a plan view of a container embodying another form of my invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. t, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. G is a plan view ot a further modified form of container employing my invention.

Fig. 7 is a plan view similar to Fig. 6 but with the used needle cup in position in the container.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 ot Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 there is shown a needle cup container tor the reception ot' used needles. The receptacle 1 is substantially cylindrical in shape though it may be made any suitable shape or form, having a bottom 2 which projects slightly beyond the walls 3 ot the receptacle. Said bottom 2 is provided at substantially the centre thereof with a projection or rod e which extends substantially vertical in the centre oi" the receptacle tlnfeugh an opening 5 in a cover 6 attached to the 'top ot' the receptacle 1, said cover having a depending portion T which acts as a guide t'or the projection or rod l. On the top ot the cover 6, surrounding the rod l, is a coiled spring 8, held in posi"ion by a nut or enlargement 9, or otherwise fastened to one Vend o the projection 9. 1

have found that bv making," the cove" 2 'y with an inclined surlfac L in discharging the needles when the bottom 2 is depressed by means of a linger 12 pressing on the enlargement 9 so as to depress 1l will s the coiled spring 8 and hold the cover in its extended position.. l have found t it in constructing a needle cup tor used needles, as l have just described, in which the top ot the cover is constructed with an opening Jfor the reception ot the used needles and the bottom is detachable there'tronii, it is possible to remove the needles without injury to the person, and at the same time l have constructed a device which is ornamental in character, simple and easy to manufacture, and performs a very use't'ul Yfunction in the phonograph art.

In Figs. 4L, 5, 6, Z and 8, l have torni of my invention in which l employ a container 13 having a plurality ot compartments 14 provided with openings 15 therein, all substantially identical in character, and a plurality oliI closures 16 supported to pivot at 17 about a common point, said closure 16 being provided with arms or extensions 18, each arm being provided with an opening 19 through which is passed a rivet or other supporting means 'Q0 at the pivot point 17. I have found that with a container having` a closure supported to pivot about a common point, l am able to use said closure for any compartment desired. It is also obvious that with the closures pivoted about a` common point or support, there is a material saving and that the covers are not lilrely to become lost or mislaid. ln the plan views d. 6 and 7, l have shown the closures as being supported about a common point. said closures being less in number than the compartments.

Referring again to Figs. 6, 7 and 8, l have provided for the used needle compartment a bale 21 which is suitably7 fastened or other vise secured to the container 13. This bale 21 prevents t-he discharge of the needles shown one i 'when the used needle cup l with its detachable bottom 2 is in position in the container 18. The bale 2l is so constructed that it fits substantially at the bottom of the cover 2, thereby preventing` accidental opening of the bottom 2, should the enlarged portion 9 of the projection t be pressed downwardly.

If this bale was not used and pressure was applied to the portion 9 of the projection 4, it would tend to depress the cover 2 and scatter or discharge the needles about the phonograph or its mechanism. The bale 2l can also be used, if desired, as a support for the receptacle.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of my invention together with the ap paratus which I now consider to represent a practical embodiment thereof, but I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particular form of apparatus herein shown and described, the same being merely illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention, and, therefore, I claim broadly the right to employ all equivalent instrumentalities coming within the scope of the appended claims, and by means of which the objects of my invention are attained, and the new results accomplished, as herein set forth, as it is obvious that the particular embodiments herein shown and described are only some of many that can be employed to attain these objects and accomplish these results.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

l. A receptacle for phonograph needles or the like, comprising an inverted cup having an orifice of small dimension formed in the upper, or otherwise closed, end thereof, a reciprocating member positioned adj acent the open mouth of said cup and adapted to be reciprocated alternately to positions in contact with and spaced from the rim thereof, and when in contact with said rim to form a closure for the mouth of said cup, and means extending above the closed end of said cup to reciprocate said closure.

2. In a receptacle for phonograph needles and the like, an inverted cup having an orilice of small dimension formed in the upper, otherwise closed, end thereof, a conical reciprocating closure for the mouth of said cup, an operating bar carrying said closure, resilient means supporting said operating bar from the top of said cup and permitting reciprocation of said operating bar to move said closure away from the mouth of the cup.

3. A receptacle for phonograph needles and the like comprising an inverted cup, the otherwise closed Vupper end thereof being provided with a narrow slot-like orifice,

to receive a cup, a cup positioned in said s orifice, said cup being` inverted so as to provide a bottom opening and a movable closure adapted to close said opening, and means carried by the platform adapted to prevent movement of the closure while said cupis `liositioned in said orifice.

5. In a phonograph or the like, a platform to support a needle receptacle and provided with an orifice adapted to receive a cup, a cup provided with a circumferential flange at its closed end adapted to rest on said platform when the cup is inserted through the orifice, to support said cup in inverted position from said platform, said cup having a movable' closure for its lower open end, and an abutment member carried byy the platform and positioned adjacent said closure when said cup is in said orifice, to prevent movement of said closure relative to the mouth of said cup.

6. In a phonograph, a platform having a circular orifice, a circular inverted cup positioned in said orifice and supported therein by a fiange of the cup resting upon said platform, an orifice of relatively small dimension, at the upper, otherwise closed, end of said cup, said cup having an open mouth, a conical closure member adapted to be reciprocated toward and away from the mouth of said cup, an operating bar secured to said closure member and extending through the closed end of the cup and there resiliently supported to permit said bar to be reciprocated to open and close the mouth of said cup, a wire abutment member supported by said platform and positioned across the bottom wall of the cup when said cup is in said orifice to prevent movementv of said Yclosure member away from the mouth of said cup.

7. A receptacle for phonograph needles or the like, comprising an inverted cup, said cup being provided with an ingress slot in the otherwise closed end of the cup, the wall of the cup at said end being carried inward to provide a central sleeve, extending into the interior of said cup, a lreciprocating plunger within said sleeve, said plunger carrying at its lower extremity a closure member, said member being of greater diameter than the diameter of the mouth of said cup, to adapt it to obstruct said mouth when positioned thereagainst, and av Spring memberI to a position spaced from the mouth resihently supporting said piunger to noro' said cup to permit egress of the contents mally retain it 1n position to cause said of said cup. 10'

closure member to obstruct the mouth of said This specification signed this 11th day of cup, and means by which said plunger may September, 1923,

be manually reeproeated against the tension of said spring to move said closure JOSEPH VVOLFF. 

